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08 Jul 25

Unseen and Underserved: Addressing the Gaps in Adolescent Health Services in Ghana

A Reflection from the Adolescent West Africa Gender Transformative and Responsive Research (AdoWA -GTR) Findings Across Ghana, adolescents are navigating a health system that often fails to meet their most basic emotional and physical needs. While national policies and global commitments affirm the right of every adolescent to health, dignity, and support, the realities on […]
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30 Jun 25

Reversing the Cap: How the 2025 Uncapping Could Reinforce Ghana’s Health Financing Framework

Introduction Access to affordable and quality healthcare remains at the heart of Ghana’s pursuit of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Since the creation of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in 2003, the scheme has relied heavily on the National Health Insurance Levy (NHIL), which contributes nearly 70% of its total funding. However, the 2017 Earmarked […]
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29 Jun 25

Period Poverty and the Promise of a Free Sanitary Pad Policy

In many parts of Ghana, the simple act of managing a menstrual period becomes a monthly struggle for countless adolescent girls. Whether in classrooms or at home, the challenge of accessing sanitary pads, safe washrooms, and supportive hygiene infrastructure remains a silent crisis, one that is quietly robbing girls of their dignity, health, and education. […]
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09 Jun 25

Menstrual Products: An Overlooked Plastic Pollutant

World Environment Day offers an opportunity for organizations and communities to reflect on how the environment is being protected or harmed. The global theme for this year’s commemoration, “Ending Plastic Pollution,” is a fitting focus given the alarming levels of plastic waste choking our oceans, cluttering our communities, and poisoning the environment. While the world […]
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09 Jun 25

Adolescents Express Concerns Over Confidentiality in School Sickbays

At a National Stakeholders Co-Creation Forum, adolescents voiced serious concerns about the lack of privacy and confidentiality in school sickbays—an issue they described as critically undermining their access to essential mental and sexual, and reproductive health (AMSRH) services. The forum, convened at the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons in Accra, brought together health experts, […]
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30 May 25

Ensuring a #PeriodFriendlyWorld: Agona Bobikuma Students Share Menstrual Health Challenges During ARHR’s WMH Day Event

As part of activities to mark World Menstrual Hygiene (WMH) Day, ARHR, in partnership with its Community-Based organization, the Young and Lonely Foundation, engaged approximately 200 adolescent students at Agona Bobikuma on menstrual hygiene management (MHM). The initiative aimed to provide information and create a supportive environment that challenges stigma and normalizes menstruation for girls. […]
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